DANIELLE KELLY LEWARS
Raleigh,NC
Summary
Talented early education & family partnership professional with diverse experience in planning and implementing various activities for promoting physical, social, emotional, and intellectual growth of children.
Overview
15
15
years of professional experience
Work History
Preschool Itinerant Teacher
Wake County Public Schools
01.2024 - Current
- Provides direct instructional services to preschool children according to Individual Education Plans (IEP) in the in the least restrictive environment typically the home, childcare setting, or community preschool.
- Manages a caseload of preschool aged children based on locations of children, frequency of services, and duration of sessions
- Collects ongoing student data to inform intervention support, program design, and IEP development, as a part of the teaching cycle
- Coordinates and develops individualized supports for families to empower them to best support their child; connects families with local and state-based community resources.
Kindergarten Teacher
Wake County Public Schools
07.2022 - 01.2024
- Enhanced classroom management by establishing clear expectations, rules, and routines.
- Delivered lesson plans, implemented school curriculum and used data to create, monitor, and establish personalized learning plan for each student.
- Improved student reading skills by implementing phonics-based instruction and guided reading activities.
- Collaborated with colleagues to share resources, brainstorm ideas, and problem-solve challenges faced in the classroom environment.
- Developed strong relationships with families to address any concerns or issues impacting student success.
- Recognized children's physical, emotional and social needs for personalized support.
- Extensive knowledge of curriculum and techniques for integrating curriculum, policies, and effective classroom instructional practices;
- Utilized assessment data to modify instruction and target areas of weakness for individual students.
- Monitored and evaluated student progress through regular assessments and observations.
EC PRE-K TEACHER
Wake County Public Schools
08.2016 - 06.2022
- Plan and submit weekly lesson plans that are developmentally appropriate for children who are at risk and prepares them for school readiness
- Ensure The Creative Curriculum provides, relevant and individualized experiences designed to foster children's social, emotional, intellectual, physical and mental development that includes health, safety, nutritional and multicultural activities
- Conduct on-going observation with Teacher Strategies Golds that will record, assess, and evaluate each child's development to show growth and progress, make referrals and provide outcomes as appropriate
- Facilitate family partnership through newsletters, conferences, phone calls, home visits, parenting trainings/ meetings and other activities to meet the Wake County Preschool Performance Standards
- Provide case management to students' serving in the program
- Develop and maintain appropriately written Individualized Education Program (IEP) goals for students and ensure that these plans are being implemented (ECATS)
LEAD EC PRE-K TEACHER
Durham Public Schools
08.2015 - 08.2016
- Develops and implements individualized education plans (IEPs) for eligible students
- Collect daily data for each student's progress goals
- Conducts periodic prescriptive testing to assess student's progress
- Provides quarterly written progress notes to parents
- Case manager coordinator for assigned students for annual IEP meetings
- Develop weekly lesson plans from teaching strategies gold
LEAD TEACHER / NC PREK
Durham Headstart
08.2010 - 08.2015
- Manage classroom activities while ensuring compliance with NC Division of Child Development and Early Education, Head Start Performance Standards, and the goals and objectives of the current NC Pre-K curriculum including progress toward School Readiness Goals
- Teach the class in a manner consistent with the philosophy and goals of the Head Start Program and use the North Carolina Foundations for Early Learning and Development to guide the planning of high quality experiences
- Build and maintain a positive, nurturing, and supportive relationship with the children and families
- Conduct ongoing assessment of the growth and development of assigned children to inform instruction and measure progress toward School Readiness Goals; plan individualized curriculum to meet specific needs of children including children with disabilities
- Communicate with parents and encourage their input regarding the growth and development of their children; conduct two home visits and two parent-teacher conferences per child per year
Education
Masters of Sciences - Human Development and Family Studies
NORTH CAROLINA CENTRAL UNIVERSITY
Durham, NC12.2020
Bachelor of Science - Child Development Family Relations
NORTH CAROLINA CENTRAL UNIVERSITY
Durham, NC01.2005
Skills
- Microsoft Office, Microsoft Word
- Power Point, Excel
- Google Apps
- Curriculum Development
- Community Partnership
- Birth Through Kindergarten
- Parent-teacher collaboration
- Special education
- IEP implementation
- Classroom management
- Verbal and written communication
- Lesson planning
- Data collection
Timeline
Preschool Itinerant Teacher
Wake County Public Schools
01.2024 - Current
Kindergarten Teacher
Wake County Public Schools
07.2022 - 01.2024
EC PRE-K TEACHER
Wake County Public Schools
08.2016 - 06.2022
LEAD EC PRE-K TEACHER
Durham Public Schools
08.2015 - 08.2016
LEAD TEACHER / NC PREK
Durham Headstart
08.2010 - 08.2015
Bachelor of Science - Child Development Family Relations
NORTH CAROLINA CENTRAL UNIVERSITY
Masters of Sciences - Human Development and Family Studies
NORTH CAROLINA CENTRAL UNIVERSITY
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